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Bo' itV known lthat I, EDMUXD P. EDSTROM,of Somerville, -in the county of Middlesex, and State of. Massiv. cliusetts, have invented an Improvement in Horse-Collars; and I do hereby declare that thefOlIOWng, taken in y connection with the drawings which accompany 4and formvpart of this specifica-tion, a description of my invention suilieient to enable thoseI skilled in the art to practise it.. I

' end. The objections to this construction are these.:

snob construction.

My invent-ion has reference to the 'manner of forming the roll ofa'lioiseeollar. The common' practice is to stitch the opposite edges o'i .th roll,'or theA parts coming behind the roll, together, forming a tube, and' to"- stuit` 'this tube with straw, by running a rod u intothelite'rior ofV the roll., said rod having straw laid over its `The great stra-in that is brought upon the leather ast-.lieV Y rod is pressed up into it, and the liability of the rotl'tol press through the leather A; the uncertainty of retention( of the form given tothe roll on account o'f the'want of rigid-ity in the straw, cspeciall-y'when it. becomes damp; the great diculty of drying the st-raw filling when it Vbecoinf-xs'wet,.and the difficulty and ex'p'ense attending To remedy this defect-ive and objectionable construction is the object of my invention', and my improvement consists, primarily, in forming the r'oll upon a lrata'n or similar device o r core, possessing suiicient flexibility to enable it co-.be bent to-thedesired-sheio, veutlieient-solidity:to enable the roll .tn bc properlyformed upon ita.nd u

sufficient rigidity and elasticity to keep 'normally in shape, and to bring it back toshape Whenever vcompressed or eipanded` in any direction. It also consists, in combinationrfith forming the roll over such a core, in stitching the outer or face leather of the roll directly to the body at the face oi' the roll.v

. The drawings representaJ collr embodying my inventiomtheimprovements being shown as applied to collar of that class known as Kay` collars, in which the body is extended through the Vopening of the collar and'over, br so as to form partof .the roll.

A, shows afront view,.and B alcro'ssseetion on the line-xix. a denotesthe-body, the roll, o ther/:L or

core upon which the rollris formed.. l In making the collar shown, the lining or frame part is rst'lad' over the raten, and the body built up within the same. Then the body piece a andv the'face lpiece d of the roll, are Y flrmly stitched together, as seen at c. Then the 'stitched Barts are drawn over the rotan, and the roll andthe face rl are secured aroundK thesam'e to' form the roll. Then; the body piece Z is i drawn inside ot' the. frame or lning and is secured at the beck vof the bodyto the face piece f inthe .usual manner. By stitching the pie'es a and d together before 'drawing them over the raten to 4formthe roll, in contradistinction to drawing the body over the frame or core of the roll, andla-oing it in place, and then drawing the roll piece al (stitchedon its under 'A side) o vfer' the part a, `und whipping-or lacing stitches through Vit,to secure it in position, `theroll is made much C sho-ws a cross-section of va common horse-collar with my improvement applied thereto.'

stronger and more enduring, is muchneater .in appearance, and is' applied much cheaper than in the old methodl .Y I claim a horse-collar Ain which-the Tollis formed u'pon acore piece, substantially as described.l

I also clainuin the construction oi' ahorse-oollar-, stitching the body part a and the face piece dof't-he roll together, at the front of the roll, When'sai'd body part is drawn over -the I' inner side .of the roll, and theframe without a seam under the roll, substantially as shown .and described. E. P. EDSTROM. l

Yiitnessses:

F. GoULD', I, vB. Coser, 

